Portuguese wildlife- Página 4

Wilder correspondent, Mafalda, discovered a hedgehog in her farm and it needed her help. At the end, Banjo (that’s its name) went back home safe and sound.

A wildlife photographer discovered, by chance, the European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) in the summer of 2014, in Montesinho, North of Portugal. This is the first record for this species in the country and

Some birds are leaving to Africa while others are arriving in Portugal, a sign of autumn and the changing seasons. Now, mid October, it’s when the comings and goings of birds are more impressive.

Every month, the Gulbenkian Gardens, in the heart of Lisbon, highlight one of the bird species that live there and present it to those who visit this green area. The project started in 2012

Between 7am and 8pm of 16 September, ornithologists working on the project Peniche Seabird Count, on Portugal’s coast, registered 13.000 Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus) passing by on their migration, a number they call “astronomical”.

After many hours waiting, Gonçalo Rosa got his chance. This Portuguese photographer captured a family of otter, in the wild, near Idanha-a-Nova city. A few days ago he learnt that photo is a finalist

A Black Vulture chick was born in Alentejo, in the South of Portugal, after 40 years, thanks to conservation efforts. This is a Critically Endangered species in this country with only 15 pairs in

The Iberian Lynx has been moved from the Critically Endangered to the Endangered category on the IUCN Red List. The species rallied from 52 mature individuals in 2002 to 156 in 2012. More than

Since last week, Portugal is receiving an unexpected and rare visitor, the red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus). In the last 30 years this species was only spotted a dozen times; in only a week 100

We haven’t seen nothing like this for 13 years. A pair of ospreys was recently spotted in a nest by the sea in Costa Vicentina, Algarve. This species stopped breeding in Portugal in 1997.